Quote Originally Posted by fog80 View Post
I must be lucky cause I havent disassembled and taken my ec65 in for the winter in 7 years and mines seems to be fine. (I inherited this pool with the house and have learned everything I know through online forums)

Will have to start this year though.
Typically you don't have to bring it inside. I live in the frozen northeast and the most we ever had to do was drain the system for winter. My problems this year are because we haven't opened the pool fully in a number of years since we had an illness and death in the family, and that I believe the system was left with some water in it last year.

Now that I have spent $500 on a new filter and will soon be spending another $360+ on a new pump and possibly new valves I will be taking much better care of the equipment. I plan on disassembling it all and storing it indoors for the winter, and doing a full winterization on the pipes and water.

It can be noted though that this pump and filter had no problem being stored outdoors with no cover from 1994 to 2007 (and possibly as long as the 2009/2010 winter season).